Regional Development Agencies: Planning

Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2008,  Official Report, column 1216W, on regional development agencies: planning, what powers regional development agencies will have with regard to income from section 106 planning obligations following the implementation of single integrated regional strategies.

Iain Wright: I have been asked to reply.
	Planning obligations (under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) can be entered into by local planning authorities (LPAs) and those with an interest in the land ('developers'). Regional planning bodies do not currently have any powers to secure planning obligations and we are not proposing to give such powers to regional development agencies (RDAs).
	Developer contributions raised through planning obligations are often passed by LPAs to infrastructure providers. RDAs can also fund infrastructure in certain circumstances, and could do so using monies raised through planning obligations where an LPA had passed the money on to them for that purpose.

Social Exclusion

Janet Dean: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps he is taking to address social exclusion of adults with autism.

Phil Hope: The delivery plan for the socially excluded adults public service agreement highlights the importance for learning disability and social care services to consider the needs of those with Autism Spectrum Disorder. This builds on existing Government policy for this group, as set out most recently by the Department of Health in the publication Better services for people with an Autistic Spectrum Disorder. We will also learn lessons from the MCCH Autism pilot project, which has a special focus on improving access to services for adults with Autism and Asperger's syndrome.

Family Intervention

Eric Illsley: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster What assessment he has made of the Family-Nurse Partnership's programme's contribution to social inclusion.

Phil Hope: The Family Nurse Partnership is based on a US programme that has shown impressive impacts on a range of outcomes that contribute to social inclusion. These include safer home environments and improved maternal health—and in the long-term lower offending rates for children and increased workforce participation for parents.
	FNP offers structured and intensive home visiting to disadvantaged first time mothers from early pregnancy until the child is two. Barnsley is one of the pioneering pilot sites. £30 million of additional funding has been announced to expand the programme to 90 sites by March 2010 and to undertake a rigorous evaluation of impacts.

Third Sector

Jim Dobbin: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster What assessment he has made of the role of third sector organisations in campaigning for social change; and if he will make a statement.

Edward Miliband: Third sector organisations play an essential role in campaigning for change in laws and attitudes. Whether it is large charities that have campaigned for change around issues from disability to child protection or small charities that wish to speak out on local issues, their work plays an important role in speaking up for those who would otherwise not have their voice properly heard.

Antisocial Behaviour Orders

Mark Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have received  (a) one,  (b) two,  (c) three and  (d) more than three anti-social behaviour orders since they were established.

Vernon Coaker: This data is not held centrally.

Asylum

James Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the reply of 16 January 2008,  Official Report, column 1297W, on asylum, which countries are included in the category Europe other in the breakdown by nationality of the grant of indefinite leave to remain under the 2003 family ILR exercise; and if she will break down by nationality the number in the  (a) Europe other and  (b) EU accession states categories.

Liam Byrne: The requested information is contained in the following table.
	Asylum statistics are published quarterly and annually. Copies of these publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:
	http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html
	
		
			  Grants of ILR issued under the family ILR exercise as at 7 December 2007( 1, 2, 3, 4) , excluding dependants, for specified nationalities 
			  Country of nationality  Total 
			  EU Accession States  
			 Czech Republic 255 
			 Cyprus 35 
			 Estonia 90 
			 Hungary * 
			 Latvia 115 
			 Lithuania 380 
			 Poland 580 
			 Slovakia 80 
			 Slovenia * 
			 Total EU Accession States 1,545 
			   
			  Europe Other  
			 Bulgaria 65 
			 Croatia 360 
			 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 2,460 
			 Ireland * 
			 Bosnia and Herzegovina 35 
			 Republic of Montenegro 15 
			 Turkish controlled area of Cyprus 155 
			 Total Europe Other 3,090 
			 (1) Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 5 (* = 1 or 2 ). (2) Main asylum applicants. (3) This information is based on internal management information. (4) Nationality recorded as at 7 December 2007 is not necessarily the applicant's nationality at the time of grant of ILR.